Deleted User Account Is Trying to Log Into A Linux Server

ButterflyMelissa · 01-09-2016, 05:35 AM

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Ron didn't leave behind any documentation on servers, programs or scripts. So I'm discovering stuff everyday as I clean up behind Ron. Once I've started the position I locked Ron's account and then 60 days later deleted it. Like I said I'm upgrading from syslog to rsyslog when it showed up and I'm digging into it now.

Ow crap! I've been in exactly the same position, only that the one that left was called Peter. No documentation, scattered infra, passwords that are all over the place, leaky internet policy...
All resulted in over-time on weekends, cleaning after the sales team that consisted of juvenile punks that used the LAN as a playground...
(sorry for venting, but...I feel with you...good luck)
Melissa

TB0ne · 01-09-2016, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Thor_2.0

Ow crap! I've been in exactly the same position, only that the one that left was called Peter. No documentation, scattered infra, passwords that are all over the place, leaky internet policy...
All resulted in over-time on weekends, cleaning after the sales team that consisted of juvenile punks that used the LAN as a playground...
(sorry for venting, but...I feel with you...good luck)
Melissa

I think we've all been there, if you've done this job for a while.

JockVSJock · 01-09-2016, 01:38 PM

Honestly, it as been ***AWESOME*** experience as a Linux System Admin. I want to push it further in the right direction.

As a friend once said to me, "if everything was setup to run perfectly, you would never learn anything."

Sure there are times it terrible and where I shake my head. Late nights and weekends, reading stuff on the fly trying to fix stuff and I'm the only Linux admin on our IT staff so other then the Internet and this forum, I don't have a place to ask questions and look for mentoring.

However I said to myself when this position was offered to me is that here is finally my chance to put my tech career in the right direction.

TB0ne · 01-09-2016, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JockVSJock

Honestly, it as been ***AWESOME*** experience as a Linux System Admin. I want to push it further in the right direction.

As a friend once said to me, "if everything was setup to run perfectly, you would never learn anything."

Sure there are times it terrible and where I shake my head. Late nights and weekends, reading stuff on the fly trying to fix stuff and I'm the only Linux admin on our IT staff so other then the Internet and this forum, I don't have a place to ask questions and look for mentoring.

However I said to myself when this position was offered to me is that here is finally my chance to put my tech career in the right direction.

Indeed. And the best lesson you can take from Ron's efforts is what NOT to do. That is, you now have a clean slate...perfect time to implement a knowledgebase/wiki in your shop, and document EVERYTHING. Make it *BETTER* than it is, have it run smoother, and be able to go on vacation without your cell-phone ringing every ten minutes, because no one can figure anything out. That good work will follow you a LONG way, believe me.

Folks like Ron are a dime a dozen...my team and I are routinely called in to untangle crap like this all the time.

Habitual · 01-10-2016, 08:06 AM

So, what have you learned about this 143.83.xxx.xxx IP?
Did you check it at http://www.tcpiputils.com/browse/ip-address/ to see who it's assigned to?
No Keys found? cron? I agree with TB0ne, it's likely something innocuous like a backup job/script/something.

You said you upgraded to rsyslog and discovered this. Are you collectively forwarding logs?
Why did you upgrade to rsyslog?
You said 'ron' hit you "from 2 servers"... same IP and/or in the same range?
These 2 servers, what is the common denominator between them?

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